Closed-Source Software

A Closed-Source Software is software item with a closed-source software license (where some legal agent has intellectual property claims).

• Example(s):
  • Microsoft Office.
  • Apply iOS.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Open Source Software.
• See: Software Patent, Intellectual Property, Copyright, Source Code.

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References

2017

• (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/proprietary_software Retrieved:2017-4-6.
  • Proprietary software is computer software for which the software's publisher or another person retains intellectual property rights — usually copyright of the source code, but sometimes patent rights.

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